Nesta, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Arts Council, invites expressions of interest under its digital R&D fund for the arts. This fund supports research and development projects that use digital technology to enhance audience reach and explore new business models for organisations with arts projects. Projects may incorporate the following key themes:

•user-generated content and social media;

•distribution and exhibition;

•mobile, location and games;

•data and archive;

•resources;

•education and learning.

Three different groups may submit expressions of interest:

•group A – project collaborations between organisations with an arts project that already have a technology partner and a research partner;

•group B – project collaborations between organisations with an arts project that already have a technology partner but which have not yet identified a research partner;

•group C – researchers and research teams looking to collaborate with an organisation with an arts project working with a technology provider.

Projects may be up to one year in duration. The fund is worth £7 million in total. Individual funding is worth up to £125,000.

For more information about this source of funding please visit the Digital R&D Fund website, or contact Research and Income Support at Research and Enterprise.